The suicide of Richard Egan, co-founder of technology giant EMC Corp., may be understandable given his terminal illness, but the Boston Globe’s coverage of it is entirely befuddling.

Initially, the Globe missed – or ignored – the actual cause of death, then acknowledged it a day late and a dollar short, at least in comparison to the Boston Herald, which had the real story right off.

But on Tuesday the Globe reverted to form. Steven Syre’s business-section column ignored both Egan’s suicide and the Globe’s previous coverage:

Egan, who died late last week, remained a guiding force at EMC until he retired as chairman in 2001.

Raise your hand if you think the Globe couldn’t get out of the Egan family’s pocket with a crane.